The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-29

nor any other Irish measure would live to be
accepted at the hands of the English Parliament.
Mr.. Parnell regards the governments Irish
criminal amendment bill as one Of the strongest
measures Of coercion ever proposed in Parlia-
nent, since it not only provides for the punish
ment Of all the acts hitherto considered as crimi
nal but even goes to the length of creating new
offenses and prescribing punishment for them.
The references which Mr.. Balfour made to the
press. Mr.. Parnell says, can mean nothing else
than that the government intends, as soon as
the bill is passed, to suppress the prominent
Nationalist newspapers.
conference of Liberal Unionists will be held
at Devonshire House, on Thursday. to consider
the coercion bill An exchange of views in the
lobbies on the bin, disclosed the fact that several
of the Unionists disapprove the measure, but
the MAS of the party consider its provisions not
too strineent Lord Harrington and Mr.. Cham
berlain will give thorough support to the
whole proposals The threatened detection of
Unionis.s will probably not exceed ten votes.
leaving the government still with a potent ma
jority.
The Parnellites held an informal meeting and
united in denouncing what thev termed the
atrocious character of the coercion bill. The
measure. they said, concealed under its provi-
sions powers for the extinction of the liberties of
the press. public meetings, free speech, and all
individual rights. The Parnellites disreearded
the threats of Mr.. Smith to continue the debate
until the second reading of the bill. They say
that if the protraction of the sitting results in
test of physical endurance they will be ready for
the struggle. 1t is the opinion of many persons
that Mr. Balfours speech, which was of great
length, was weak, dffuse. confused, and point
less, and that on the first chance he has had to
show if he was capable of rising to great occa
sion he has made notable failure.
Mr.. Parnell has postponed the introduction of
his amendment until ne consults with his col
leagues
Lord Harrington is about to issue a manifesto
through new Unionist paper. In it he
says: I'VE are confronted at the present
moment with more acute form of the problem
of Ireland than has ever been presented in past
| times. The difficulties of the problem have been
intensified by the action of the Liberals, who,
suddenly discarding every remedy hitherto ap-
| proved by the Liberals, have made a change of
| front unparalleled in completeness and rapdty,
and adopted the policy OF the avowed enemies
of the integrity of the British empire. Their ac-
tion has stimulated the courage and hopes of the
separatisss. 1t is the duty of the Liberal Union
lists now to endeavor to bring back the Liberals
to their faith in constitutional reform resolutely
| exposing the delusion that the abandonment of
their principles or the sacrifice of any class OF
| justice"
| Referring to the coercion bill, he says: t'Not
a single Unionist believes in coercion as policy,
but all believe in the necessity of every civilized
country asserting the supremacy of the law.
The object of the separatists is to prove that
| the government of Ireland as q part of the
United Kingdom is an impossbility, with or with
| cut resaz4- The object of the Uniouists must
| be to prove the union iDdissoluble, while doing
| justice to Ireland" The whole tone Of the man
| ifesto indicates that there will be no compro
misc.
| 1t is rumored onight that bolt of Conserva
| tives opposed to coercion is being formed under
the leadership of Lord Carnarvon.
| Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain has written a lette,
on the subject Of the coercion bill, taking the
| same ground in favor of it's passage as that upon
! which Lord Hartington's manifesto will be based
| 1no OdAy NEWS saSe. IL DIX. Oaiiour III
tended to destroy his own case he could moi
have spoken with more triumphant success
| The Parnellites would have done better
not to interrupt him, for the longer
| he continued the more utterly help
less his contention appeared" The News
further says the bill was one of the wors
ever introduced in Parliament 1t has one al
vantage in that it destroys, once for all, th'
hollow pretense that the psuedo- Unionists de
sire to treat England and Ireland on eaua
terms
| The Standard, while admitting that Mr.. Bal
four betrayed q lack of grasp of the complex
tiles of the Irish people, excuses him on th
ground Of his newness in Office.